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“Start of the Great Depression”Skills Activity
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Motor Driven Brush and Suction Cleaner
Price: $28.95 Description This cleaner not only uses suction to lift the
dirt and dust it also includes a motor driven brush to help
remove dust and dirt from the carpet before the suction lifts
the dirt into the bag
Some further examples of electric home appliances and music player prices in the 1920's and how much they cost
1920-2 ¼ Qt. Double Boiler$1.19 seen in Green Bay Press Gazette, WI
9 Cup Colonial Percolator Coffee Pot$1.19 seen in Green Bay Press Gazette, WI 1921
Western Electric Clothes Washer $125.00 seen in Green Bay Press Gazette, WI 1921
Electric Toaster Green $6.75 seen in Green Bay Press Gazette, WI 1924
Aluminum Coffee Percolators 98¢seen in Green Bay Press Gazette, WI 1924
1928 Chrysler 75 Roadster Price: $1,555
Description The new Chrysler 75 Roadster for 1928, one the most
attractive cars of our times made by master craftsmen entering a new era in
design and craftsmanship.
Your Radio Itself Price: From $75,00 Description Radios were priced about $60.00 upwards depending on the number of valves etc.
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Number of Radios
1900 18 per 1,000 people
1910 82 per 1,000 people
1920 123 per 1,000 people
1930 163 per 1,000 people
Sales of Radios
1922 $60 million
1929 $842.6 million
Stock Prices
Sep. 3, 1929 Nov. 13, 1929 1932 Low
American Telephone 304 197 1/4 70 1/4
General Electric 396 1/4 168 1/2 34
General Motors 72 3/4 36 7 5/8
New York Central 256 3/8 160 8 3/4
Radio 101 26 2 1/2
U.S. Steel 261 150 21 1/4
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Borrowing to Purchase Stocks as a Percentage of Total Consumer Debt
1900 1 percent
1910 2 percent
1920 3 percent
1929 5 percent
1933 2 percent
Share of Disposable Income Going to the
Richest 5 %
1920 24 %
1921 29 %
1922 29 %
1923 27 %
1924 29 %
1925 31 %
1926 31 %
1927 32 %
1928 34 %
1929 34 %
Family Income, 1929
over $10,000 2.3 percent
$5,000-10,000 8 percent
2,500-$5,000 19 percent
$2,000-2,500 11 percent
$1,500-2,000 18 percent
$1,000-1,500 21 percent
under $1,000 21 percent
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